Yandex.Keyisanauthenticatorgeneratingone-timepasswords(OTP)forYandex,Facebook,Google,GitHub,Dropbox,Vk.com,andotherserviceswithtwo-factorauthentication(2FA).TologintoYandex,enterthisone-timepasswordinsteadofyourregularpassword,andtosignintootherservices,withyournormalpassword.
—Fourdigits
YounolongerhavetoinventcomplexpasswordstoprotectyourYandexaccount.Therearejustfourdigitstomemorise:they’llbeusedbyYandex.Keytogenerateauniqueone-timepasswordvalidforlessthanaminute.
—Dataprotection
Yandex.Keysafeguardsyouraccountfrombeinghackedandyourpersonalinformationfrombeingstolen.One-timepasswordswillbeavailableonlytoyou,onyourmobiledevice.
—Easysetup
Youcanaddaccountsmanually,byenteringthedatafromtheserviceyouwanttouse,orautomatically,byscanningaQR-codeprovidedbythisservice.
—Offlineuse
Yandex.Keydoesn’tneedinternetconnectiontoaddaccountsandgenerateone-timepasswords,andyoudon'tneedtowaitforanSMSwithyourpassword.
—Additionalfeatures
TheKeycangeneralsix-andeight-digitpasswords,dependingontheservice’srequirements.Besides,theKeycanupdateone-timepasswordsatdifferentintervals,notnecessarilyonceinevery30seconds(thisdependsontheservice).
—Securitystandards
Yandex.Keysupportstwo-factorauthentication(ortwo-stepverification)onallservicesusingRFC6238andRFC4226,exceptforserviceswhichonlyusesms.
—Backingup
BackupthedatainYandex.KeyonYandex'sservers,touseincasesomethinghappenstoyourdevice.It'ssecure:youbackupisencryptedusingapasswordthatonlyyouknow.
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